Looking beyond euro worries. As the New Year opens, it is only logical for attention to focus on the ups and downs and difficulties pertaining to the euro: which remains the top story. However, in reality, it is the future of the European Union, in all its essential aspects, that is at stake in 2012. In addition to determining what lies ahead for the euro (involving the hotly debated Intergovernmental Treaty to be defined in a matter of weeks), a choice must be made between the different...